School Libraries

Bookshelves and study carrels? Digital learning commons? Or something in between? Discover how educators are using and reimagining their school libraries.

Teacher Collaboration
Collaborating With Your School Librarian
Ten ways to work with your highly trained colleagues in the library to enhance literacy instruction.
Learning Environments
Building a 21st-Century Learning Space
A community raised $6 million to construct an innovative 30,000-square-foot facility complete with makerspaces and learning labs.
Culturally Responsive Teaching
The Big Social Justice Book List Project
School Libraries
Bringing Design Thinking to the School Library
Want to revamp your library? Design thinking may be just the planning tool you need.
School Libraries
The Power of a School Library Hashtag
A hashtag can help you create a community within and around your school library, as well as help you widen your reach beyond the school.
School Libraries
School Libraries and Makerspaces: Can They Coexist?
While libraries and makerspaces are both interdisciplinary, resource-filled places of informal learning, each serves distinct purposes for enriching student experience and school culture.
School Libraries
Librarians' Changing Roles Can Inspire School Communities
A 21st-century librarian can inspire a school by modeling responsive teaching, advocating for student involvement, facilitating new approaches to writing, and encouraging user-centered spaces.
Learning Environments
Replace "Library" With "Portal of Idea Flow"?
School Libraries
The Importance of a Classroom Library
An appealing, inspiring collection of books, regardless of content area, is a crucial literacy tool that every teacher should have in the classroom.
School Libraries
What Exactly Is a Library?
Thinking in words, writing in books -- if we changed how we perceive, record, and aggregate information, how would our libraries change?